If you’ve been following along on my winding path of food and beauty and Pachamama for awhile, you know I love to take photographs. I meandered slowly through countless images of my days outside in the garden and on this earth, and decided last month to have some printed up as cards.

Today I’ve been spending some sweet down time packaging them all up into sets. Living in this tiny town and rural area of southwestern Colorado, I’ve collected my packaging materials over the last few weeks on forays out of the area, and am happy and relieved it all came together today.

Pachamama’s Beautiful Food “In the Garden” notecard sets

One set, “IN THE GARDEN”,eight favorite photographs from the last two year’s gardens are printed on blank note cards. Dear reader, you may even remember some of these from blog posts past.

Pachamama’s Beautiful Food ~ Cooking with the Elements

Margaret Gilfoyle trained and received initiations from indigenous healers of Peru, Brazil and Ecuador during the last decade - her first introduction to the presence of PACHAMAMA, Mother Earth to the Quechuan speaking people of South America. “Their traditions and beliefs in the Feminine Spirit which lived within the Earth itself rang true and deep within me.”

Pachamama and the Creator offer their gifts freely and abundantly within the intricate, infinitely beautiful web of life. In gratefulness of receiving these, we can learn more fully the joy of giving reciprocally what we have to offer in return. We honor Pachamama as we assist nature and people in respectful, sustainable ways. Cooking with love and the intention of bringing energy of peaceful joy as meals are prepared makes even the simplest cuisine and dishes very special to friends and family sitting down at your table, and assists the Earth's energy to resonate with more love, your love.